Toronto, ON (Tuesday, March 9, 2010) – Vincent Cheung, owner of Shape Collage Inc. and full time PhD student at the University of Toronto, has been named the 2010 Student Entrepreneur Regional Champion by national charitable organization, Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) and proud program supporter, CIBC.

All Ontario and Quebec based provincial student entrepreneurs champions were judged by live panels of business professionals, and regional champions were announced on Monday March 8th in Toronto at the 2010 ACE Central Canada Regional Exposition.

As a Regional Champion, Vincent will receive a $1,000 cash prize and move on to the final round of competition at the 2010 ACE National Exposition in Calgary on May 12, 2010. The National Champion will receive a $10,000 cash prize and represent Canada at the international level of competition, the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards.

“I am extremely honoured to be named a regional champion. It was fantastic to meet the other entrepreneurs and receive feedback from the judges about my business,” explains Shape Collage owner, Vincent Cheung. “I am excited for the national competition in Calgary and I thank ACE and CIBC for such an amazing opportunity.”

“We are thrilled to present this Regional Champion title to Vincent Cheung of Shape Collage Inc.,” comments ACE President, Amy Harder. “His perseverance and dedication serves as a great example for student entrepreneurs across Central Canada.”

About Shape Collage Inc.
Since last year, Vincent has owned and operated Shape Collage Inc.(www.shapecollage.com), a digital media software company with an automatic photo collage making software program. This product takes hundreds of your photos and in just seconds, automatically arranges them into a photo collage in any shape, such as a heart, word, or logo. The program is used by everyone from grandparents to grandchildren in over 200 countries. Vincent’s largest business accomplishment to date include: having over one million downloads of the Shape Collage software, being approached by the largest online photo printing company in Europe, PhotoBox, to sign a technology license agreement as well as being cash flow positive since day one and earning enough to pay himself a full salary.

About ACE
Founded in the mid-1980s, Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) is a national, charitable organization that is teaching and igniting young Canadians to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities. ACE delivers a team-based program called Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) and an individual-based program, the Student Entrepreneur National Competition. These programs provide university and college students access to real world experience, through the implementation of outreach projects and business ventures that complement in-class studies. Students involved in ACE make a meaningful contribution to their communities today, and discover their potential to achieve an even greater impact as the leaders of tomorrow. Last year, ACE students created 600 jobs, logged 260,000 volunteer hours, impacted 63,000 people, and generated over $40 million in economic activity. ACE is currently established on over 50 post-secondary campuses across Canada.

CIBC became a founding corporate sponsor of ACE in 1995 and has sponsored the Student Entrepreneur Competition since its inception in 1997.

Contact:
Jaime Szegvary
Communications Consultant, ACE
416.619.8994
jaime@acecanada.ca

Cheung
VincentOwner, Shape Collage Inc.
718.513.9918
vincent@shapecollage.com 
www.shapecollage.com

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